A baby born the day 'Avatar' was released will be able to legally drink in the US by the time the final movie comes out, as Disney delays the sequels yet again
- Disney has delayed the final three installments of "Avatar."
- Assuming no further delays, the last movie won't come out until 2031 — 22 years after the original.
Did you think the delays were over for the "Avatar" franchise? Wrong!
Disney announced a slew of delays on Tuesday that stretched from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to Pandora.
Here are the new release dates for the "Avatar" movies:
- "Avatar 3": December 19, 2025 (delayed from 2024)
- "Avatar 4": December 21, 2029 (delayed from 2026)
- "Avatar 5": December 19, 2031 (delayed from 2028)
Delays have become a running joke among fans of the franchise, as they had to wait a whopping 13 years between the first "Avatar" (2009) and its sequel, "Avatar: The Way of Water" (2022).
Thankfully for Disney, the wait didn't seem to dampen enthusiasm for the franchise, as "The Way of Water" absolutely crushed the box office, hauling in $2.3 billion and becoming the third highest grossing movie of all time.
But these newest delays mean that, if the release date sticks — and that's a big if — a child born the day the first movie came out would be 22 years old when the last one debuts. Yes, that child would be able to legally drink in the US. In fact, they would have been able to legally drink for a whole year!
Variety reported that while some Marvel delays were due to production issues around the Hollywood labor disputes, the "Avatar" delays were to "allow the post-production and visual effects department to continue expanding, developing and refining the different ecosystems across the vast world of Pandora."
Director James Cameron has, in fairness, created a beautiful world.
Insider's Jason Guerrasio wrote that the second film set "the new benchmark in CGI blockbuster filmmaking."
"As much as the first 'Avatar' was a visual marvel, it pales in comparison to what Cameron and his team have pulled off with the sequel," Guerrasio wrote in his review.
"Each 'Avatar' film is an exciting but epic undertaking that takes time to bring to the quality level we as filmmakers strive for and audiences have come to expect," the producer Jon Landau tweeted Tuesday. "The team is hard at work and can't wait to bring audiences back to Pandora in December 2025."